Community health nursing book pdf free download

In that capacity she was the editor of вЂњPerspectives on Parish Nursing PracticeвЂќ a regular publication of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center. For the last fifteen of the twenty-five years Ann held the title Director of The International Parish Nurse Resource Center, Advocate Health Care, Park Ridge. From 1984-88 she was president of the National Nurses Society on Addictions. She was employed for twenty-five years at Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, Illinoisand worked for 10 years in Addiction treatment as Director of Nursing Services for Parkside Lutheran Hospital, a specialty hospital for addicted patients. She received a Masters in Public Administration from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois. Ann Solari-TwadellВ received her Bachelors of Science degree, her Masters and her Doctorate in Nursing from Loyola University. The benefits of this book are that it is intended for a mixed audience including lay, academic, medical professionals or health care executives.В By changing the mindset of the reader to see the nurse as more than providing illness care, the faith community as more than a place one goes to on Sunday and health as more than physical, creative alternatives for promoting health emerge through Faith Community Nursing. The book is structured into five sections that describe both the historical advancement of the Faith Community Nursing, its current implications and future challenges, taking into account the perspectives of the pastor, congregation, nurse, health care system and public health national and international organizations. Twenty-five chapters take the reader from a foundational understanding of this historic grass-roots movement to the present day international specialty nursing practice. A multi-authored book, with editors and authors who are leaders in Faith Community Nursing (FCN) that aims to address contemporary issues in faith-based, whole person, community based health offering cost effective, accessible, patient centered care along the patient continuum while challenging contemporary health policy to include more health promotion services.

Community health nursing book pdf free download